The Country Club: 1960 Mercedes 220sb fin tail.

[C-Hutch]

Thanks man!



My face couldn't handle your rebel weather with a beard.

And I appreciate it man!
The Jaguar is pretty fun to drive. It's got your favorite motor in the world under the hood

TREEE FIDDYYYY. I got one of those to run the other day with Brennan. We kinda just wiggled the throttle and distributor till it fired. Then we all took a bath in the community basin and put a dip in while playing the fiddle.

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TREEE FIDDYYYY. I got one of those to run the other day with Brennan. We kinda just wiggled the throttle and distributor till it fired. Then we all took a bath in the community basin and put a dip in while playing the fiddle.

I knew it.

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Last night we got the clutch master cylinder, slave, and the mounting bracket on the firewall that both the clutch and brake masters bolt to.

Luckily, the rods were individual from the cylinders and the pedal cluster, so they came right out.





Then came the pedal cluster.




We thought we could pull just the clutch pedal assembly along with the spring and bracket, and there was only one reason we couldnt do that...

This one little bracket shown here that hold the assemblies together.
Otherwise the brake pedal assembly could have accepted the bolt at the pivot point also shown here, and bolted on. Thus, an entire pedal cluster swap.





Next up was tackling the dash, since the white tail has a much better dash than the brown tail.
For the record, pulling this was the very last thing I ever wanted to do on planet earth, but since we have teh steering column out, there was no better time to tackle it.

For anyone who has ever or will ever try to pull a w111 cluster, THIS IS HOW THEY COME APART.
The face gets unbolted from underneath the dash, THEN, the top piece.
It is held in with springs and gizmos. Why? I don't know. But that's how it is.






Then, by the grace of God, our dreams came true.
I was hoping the top dash cover was an individual piece, and the entire 53 year old wood dash would not have to be pulled.
Found the secretly hidden screws and out she came.

Compared to the dash cover in the brown tail, this has been the most exciting swap for me, I won't have to look at that awful dash.

[Zic]

Looks great!

[RENAUD]

great work!

[Withers]

damn dude, that dash was awful

[foxtrot wagon]

Looks great!

great work!

Thanks guys!

[foxtrot wagon]

damn dude, that dash was awful

Yea man. It was really the only thing bad on the entire car. It was really quite amazing the the other fin tail, which has a terrible interior, has a real good dash in it. Worked out perfect.

[Z.Cockburn]

Wow lucky your parts car seems to fit the bill perfectly.

The White tail must of been kept inside its entire life to save the leather dash, it looks new..

[foxtrot wagon]

Wow lucky your parts car seems to fit the bill perfectly.

The White tail must of been kept inside its entire life to save the leather dash, it looks new..

Yea man, its really pretty crazy how everything has worked out. It is mechanical sound, no leaks, had the 4spd standard on the column (which I'd rather swap than an automatic) 47,000 documented original miles from California, the interior is super ratty, and the undercarriage is pretty rusty.
And my brown fin tail has 100% clean body and undercarriage, real good interior, but had a terrible terrible dash.

So not only am I happy I was able to even find another fin tail (that wasn't restored and going for $20,000), but that it actually has everything I need for mine.

[Smart...]

This is great....and talk about engineering lol

[foxtrot wagon]

This is great....and talk about engineering lol

thanks man!

[dwright71]

I love the Made in Western Germany plate. Nice looking Benz.

[foxtrot wagon]

I love the Made in Western Germany plate. Nice looking Benz.

Thanks man!

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Last night I pulled the steering column out of the brown fin tail.

Everything under the car is in and ready to roll.

First I removed the panel over the tunnel and under the passenger side dash shown here, it even still has the original speaker and speaker box from the factory.








After getting the column pulled, it was time to pull that ratty dash






Got the dash and cluster cap out, big difference.







So on a different note, I have a color deficiency. Not completely color blind, but can't differentiate between similar colors well, at all.

And I never realized the two dashes were different colors.

Oh well, Im sending it anyway, that old dash had to go.

It's already making a huge difference...